I am for bringing the troops home from Afghanistan and totally against getting the USA involved in any new wars. What did Romney have to say about the war? Nothing about Afghanistan, but his willingness to start a new war with Iran.

In his meticulously choreographed entry into the convention hall last night, Republican White House hopeful Mitt Romney greeted the assembled delegates to convey the feel of a State of the Union address. But any resemblance to a commander-in-chief last night ended there. With tens of thousands of U.S. troops still in harm's way, Gov. Romney mentioned the war in Afghanistan exactly zero times. And for a man who opposed U.S. strikes in Pakistan to take out Osama Bin Laden and other high-value Al Qaeda targets, the silence on America's continuing conflict in Afghanistan is deafening.

During his remarks, Romney once again suggested his willingness to start a new war with Iran. But when it came to the old one in Afghanistan, the newly crowned nominee, who in March asked "how in the world can the commander in chief sleep at night, knowing that we have soldiers in harm's way that don't know exactly, precisely, what it is that they're doing there?" had nothing to say. Even Romney's staunch ally and Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol was stunned at the unprecedented omission.....

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The United States has some 68,000 troops fighting in Afghanistan. Over two thousand Americans have died in the more than ten years of that war, a war Mitt Romney has supported. Yet in his speech accepting his party's nomination to be commander in chief, Mitt Romney said not a word about the war in Afghanistan. Nor did he utter a word of appreciation to the troops fighting there, or to those who have fought there. Nor for that matter were there thanks for those who fought in Iraq, another conflict that went unmentioned.

Knowing many Marines and soldiers who've died and served in IRQ and AFG, I would say that Willard, Sir Milquetoast, would make a piss-poor CiC. RIP, Kevin, USMC.

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"Wesley told the early Methodists to gain all they could and save all they could so that they could give all they could. It means that I consider my money to belong to God and I see myself as one of the hungry people who needs to get fed with God’s money. If I really have put all my trust in Jesus Christ as savior and Lord, then nothing I have is really my own anymore."

If Romney spoke of Afghanistan it would be considered an attack on Obama's failures there. First recent thing that comes to mind is the utter failure of Obama's "Police Training" fiasco.

Must not speak of Obama.

This is quite frankly one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read. Romney is trying to win the Presidency. If you think your opponent has failed at something you will do better, OF COURSE you attack him on it.

If Romney spoke of Afghanistan it would be considered an attack on Obama's failures there. First recent thing that comes to mind is the utter failure of Obama's "Police Training" fiasco.

Must not speak of Obama.

This is quite frankly one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read. Romney is trying to win the Presidency. If you think your opponent has failed at something you will do better, OF COURSE you attack him on it.

As I recall, Willard, Sir Milquetoast, whined that leaving IRQ was "too early," and wasn't all too ashamed to parrot that Wingoline. Maybe Willard just has a poor speech writer, this cycle. He's been running since, 2005.

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"Wesley told the early Methodists to gain all they could and save all they could so that they could give all they could. It means that I consider my money to belong to God and I see myself as one of the hungry people who needs to get fed with God’s money. If I really have put all my trust in Jesus Christ as savior and Lord, then nothing I have is really my own anymore."